New Papo Models for 2013

Woolly Rhino is joined by Carnotaurus and a Permian Pelycosaur

New additions to Papo’s Prehistory model series have been announced and the first of the pictures of the 2013 models have been officially released to Everything Dinosaur. Papo, the French model and figure manufacturer have expressed a desire to increase the number of models in their “prehistory” series. This range was originally called “Dinosaures”, but as the number of non-Dinosaurian models has increased it seems fitting to change the name to a more accurate description.

Papo Woolly Rhino Replica (Coelodonta)

Woolly Rhino enters the Papo range.

Picture Credit: Papo/Everything Dinosaur

This is a wonderful representation of this Pleistocene mammal. It is great to see the French manufacturer adding to their prehistoric mammal range and highly appropriate as these hairy, and very probably grumpy beasts wandered across France and much of Europe. This model is one of the first figures to be made next year, expect stocks in at Everything Dinosaur by around February 2013.

The second new introduction is also another non-Dinosaurian replica, but this time a reptile. A super replica of the Late Permian predatory Pelycosaur known as Dimetrodon is going to be “sailing” into view. This sail-back reptile has been a favourite amongst model collectors for many years and although Dimetrodon pre-dates the first of the dinosaurs by several million years, this apex predator could certainly give a number of Theropods a run for their money. Available in the spring of 2013 from Everything Dinosaur – March/April time perhaps?

A Striking new Model of a Pelycosaur – Dimetrodon (D. grandis)

Fearsome sail-backed reptile, with exquisite detail.

Picture Credit: Papo/Everything Dinosaur

The superb colouration and detailing of the scales makes this a truly stand out replica of a Dimetrodon. This is our personal favourite amongst those new releases from Papo.

Note to team members – we must write more about Dimetrodon and Pelycosaurs in general!

Last but not least comes a dinosaur model, another in a long line of excellent dinosaurs made by this French company. Due out later in 2013, Papo will be unleashing an amazing replica of a Carnotaurus. Already, this replica has got collectors and dinosaur enthusiasts swishing their tails and roaring with excitement.

Carnotaurus from Papo (due out later in 2013 – February?)

With articulated lower jaw - Papo Carnotaurus.

Picture Credit: Papo/Everything Dinosaur

As with the other excellent Theropod models in this series, the Carnotaurus will have an articulated lower jaw. Let’s see what the Papo design team and artists make of this dinosaur’s dentition. It looks like there are going to be some exciting times ahead for the Papo production line.

Really Papo produce outstanding toys;their quality is AMAZING.We Papo fans hope they decide to produce a Giganotosaurus figurine(I think this would be a fantastic figure,like many of their prehistoric animals)So we’d be jumping of happiness if it happens,really thanks on posting announcements,histories and more.
Juan Andrés

Hi Mike. Dimetrodon looks good as does the ‘bull carnosaur’ which I must admit Id never heard of till this release. Of course the dinosaurs Id like to see most are the ones I read about when I was a dinosaur obsessed school boy back in the sixties, the truly duck billed, ‘duck billed’ dinosaur Trachodon, our very own English Iguanodon and most of all the behemoth Diplodocus.
One query – if I wanted to get a human figure for scale comparison with the papo animals (which seem to be roughly made to the same scale) is there one you could recommend…

Thanks for your input, we have had a number of suggestions about human figures working with the Papo models, the problem is not all the Papo models are in the same scale so this becomes a little tricky. Papo themselves have two Cavemen figures and these work well with the Ice Age mammals, Woolly Rhino, Woolly Mammoths, Sabre-Tooths etc (you can see pictures of the two Cavemen models on the Papo section of the Everything Dinosaur website Papo Models Other customers have used the Neanderthal figures from Collecta when making scenes and dioramas using the Spinosaurus, Triceratops and T. rex figures from Papo, the Collecta Neanderthal figures are a male and female and they have been used with Papo Dinosaur models in this way. You can see all the stone age people figures here: Ice Age and Stone Age models